Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD—an exhortation to resist envy of the wicked who appear to prosper, establishing that the remedy is zealous devotion to God. The verb 'envy' (qanah) describes covetous desire; the temptation is to want what the wicked have. The counter is not to suppress envy through willpower but to redirect zeal toward the fear of God. The theological significance involves the principle that fear of the LORD is the antidote to worldly envy.

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